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- StarsAnna FrielDaniel MaysLorraine AshbourneReleased from prison after serving 10 years for murder, Eddie tries to adjust to life outside with the help of his probation officer, Paula.
- CreatorStanley KutlerHarry ShearerKate HardieStarsHayley AtwellEmma ThompsonDavid TennantA series of stand-alone dramas.
- StarsSteven MackintoshSamantha BondBarbara FlynnThis docudrama focuses on five key events in the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Combining narration, interviews, archival footage and dramatic recreations (with 5 different actresses portraying the Queen at different times in her life) the series focuses on several of the crises she has had to deal with. These include Princess Margaret's desire to marry a divorced member of the household staff; the need for additional funding at a time of major upheaval in British society; her disagreement with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over trade sanctions against South Africa; the family challenges in 1992 of failing royal marriages; and Prince Charles' desire to marry Camilla Parker-Bowles.
- StarsPhilip GlenisterSteven MackintoshSaskia ReevesA family saga which begins in Manchester in the summer of 1996, on the day when an IRA bomb exploded in the city centre.
- CreatorPeter GrimsdalePaul UnwinStarsCatherine SteadmanZoe BoyleShaun DingwallA TV series set in early 1960s England and centered around the doctors and nurses in a gynecology ward.
- CreatorSimon DonaldStarsJames NesbittOrla BradyGoran VisnjicA research submarine beneath the Arctic stumbles upon a terrifying secret with earth-shattering consequences.
- StarsDavid TennantToby KebbellBrid BrennanA junior barrister celebrated for spiriting people out of tight legal corners represents an accused murderer.
- CreatorJimmy McGovernStarsMichael MaloneyChord MelodicAndrew ReadmanCreated by Jimmy McGovern, each episode of this series examines a person who is accused of a crime and what led them to end up in the Dock.
- StarsAndrew EllisAndrew ShimChanel CresswellChristmas 1988. Soulmates Woody and Lol find themselves in exile from each other and the gang. Trying to understand the definition 'growing up', Shaun begins a course at College, that quickly takes a wrong turn.
- StarsSharon HorganStephen ManganAnthony HeadAlex Taylor (Stephen Mangan) works for CMA, a successful talent agency. Whilst he is grateful for his job, he is currently going through a messy divorce, causing him to become depressed. His boss however, Stephen Cauldwell (Anthony Head), is sex-obsessed, cocksure and roguish. Alex later meets Helen Ryan (Sharon Horgan), a co-worker who is more successful and herself recovering from a messy relationship, after her boyfriend died months before her wedding.
- StarsHermione NorrisMartin ClunesPaul McGannA mother suspects that her son could be the killer of a recently found dead girl, and becomes caught in a torturous dilemma of whether to denounce him, or protect him and hide the act.
- StarsMyAnna BuringMatthew GoodeOphelia LovibondA haunted woman will go to any lengths necessary to protect her family and the secrets she keeps from them.
- StarsAndrew ScottAisling BeaCharlotte RileyThe mysterious murder of two parents brings their son back to the Town to reconnect with his family and old friends while trying to discover who murdered his parents.
- CreatorAnthony HorowitzStarsJames PurefoyCharlie Creed-MilesSasha BeharA defense barrister is faced with the proposition: what can you do when you have defended the indefensible?
- CreatorBryan ElsleyStarsOona ChaplinBen ChaplinWill MellorThe social minefield that is 21st century dating.
- CreatorJaimie D'CruzAdam DolmanDaniel Fajemisin-DuncanStarsNav SidhuKatharina SchüttlerLennie JamesFour gritty no-holds-barred human stories of the streets, all linked together in some respect.
- CreatorEmily MortimerDolly WellsStarsEmily MortimerDolly WellsJonathan CakeA sitcom in which English actress Emily Mortimer heads to Hollywood, closely followed by best friend Dolly Wells as her assistant
- CreatorJ.H. WymanStarsKarl UrbanMichael EalyMinka KellyIn a not-so-distant future, a human cop and an android partner team up to serve and protect.
- StarsJodhi MayLorraine BurroughsHolli DempseyFollows two women who were accused as teens of killing a school teacher.
- StarsPeter MullanAnastasia HilleHarry LloydA Brighton crime boss turned entrepreneur and the disintegration of a criminal mind.
- StarsHarry TreadawayClemens SchickPerdita WeeksJonathan Anselme (Harry Treadaway), a young English academic, teams up with Max Bohm (Danny Keogh), an amateur ornithologist, to follow storks on their migration from Switzerland to Africa. Max wants to find out why some birds never return from this journey. However, after Max is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Jonathan decides to make the trip alone, never suspecting that he will find himself caught up in an international web of intrigue. While Swiss Detective Hervé Dumaz (Clemens Schick) investigates Max Bohm's murky past, Jonathan is forced to confront his own troubled history. He uncovers a trail of grisly murders travelling through Bulgaria, Turkey, the Middle East, and the Congo, along the pathway of the migrating storks and their deadly secret.
- CreatorAdrian HodgesStarsJulie GrahamMax BeesleyPaterson JosephAn unknown virus pandemic kills more than 90% of the world's population. Those immune must strive to survive and overcome the difficulties of this new world order, hoping that the virus will not mutate.
- StarsHugh BonnevilleElizabeth McGovernTom HollanderLeon, an agent, moves in with an Oscar-nominated American actress and her British publisher husband, themselves working together from home for the first time.
- CreatorSue TeddernStarsAntonia ThomasGreg WiseWarren BrownA six-episode mini-series which follows the lives of four army wives in the UK.
- StarsStephen GrahamChristine TremarcoWarren BrownAfter his best mate and collegue is brutally attacked and killed, Good Cop John Paul Rocksavage seeks revenge on the men who killed him
- StarsDavid TennantMillie InnesSuranne JonesAfter his wife Rita's fatal car accident, Dave tries to raise his four children, helped by Rita's best friend Sarah. Things get complicated when mourning gives way to romantic feelings, while his kids remain sincere priority.
- StarsJames NesbittStephen GrahamWarren BrownThree ex-servicemen return to Basra, each for a different reason.
- CreatorLisa McGeeStarsCharlene McKennaKeith McErleanDamon GameauTV series centering around the Dublin restaurant 'Raw' and the lives of its staff.
- StarsHermione NorrisOona ChaplinRichard RankinDuring the First World War, Kitty Trevelyan tries to put the past troubles behind her as she joins two other girls to volunteer at one of the busy war hospitals in northern France.
- StarsRory KinnearRachael StirlingJoseph MawlePowerful adaptation of DH Lawrence's novel about the lives of two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen, as they struggle with their own desires and passions.
- CreatorBill GallagherStarsChristopher EcclestonOliver WoollfordOlivia CookeA council man becomes increasingly disillusioned over the years, but a heroic act gets him approval and becomes a front-runner for the mayor-ship of Manchester while trying to keep his own secrets buried.
- StarsAdam BuxtonSimon FarnabyIain LeeComedy set in the offices of fictional ad company HHH & H.
- CreatorPeter MoffatStarsDavid RyallMaxine PeakeJohn SimmFollows the residents of one English village across the 20th century and their turbulent lives.
- StarsRufus SewellRupert GravesCharlie Creed-MilesThe chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his ten-year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
- StarsJason WatkinsShaun ParkesBen CaplanA retired teacher's tenant is murdered. He is wrongly accused of the crime, leading the police to arrest him. His life is turned upside down as he proclaims his innocence.
- CreatorLucy KirkwoodStarsJamie BamberTaron EgertonGerard KearnsAn experienced fire fighter is badly injured and spends almost a year recovering at home. Now he returns to work, but is he as emotionally and physically sound as he thinks he is?
- CreatorStuart CarolanStarsTom Vaughan-LawlorKillian ScottAoibhinn McGinnityThe story of the organized crime scene of Dublin is revealed, centered on Darren, who wants to stay out of trouble but ends up returning to his old habits and his old gang.
- StarsStephen DillaneClémence PoésyCédric VieiraA prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the U.K. and France, and two agents must work together on behalf of their respective countries to find the murderer.
- CreatorLucy GannonStarsEve MylesDerek RiddellLeila MimmackFollows Frankie who is the lead nurse of a District Nursing team.
- StarsRobyn AddisonNeil BellBarbara BarnesSeries of individual dramas, all on the theme of people whose lives are affected by reading or writing difficulties.
- StarsMatt CostelloJayd JohnsonBronagh GallagherGlasgow 1982, a young girl investigates mysterious murders in a world of men.
- CreatorKay MellorStarsKatherine ParkinsonHermione NorrisChristine BottomleyDrama series about a group of expectant parents who bond at pre-natal classes and the lives of the couples leading up to the births.
- DirectorKenneth GlenaanStarsDavid ThrelfallJoanne WhalleyMichael FoxA retelling of the Biblical story of Noah and the Ark.
- StarsAdam KotzJuliet AubreyNatalie PressBased on the personal testimonies of many of those most closely involved, "Five Daughters" recounts the final weeks in the lives of the five young women murdered in Ipswich in 2006.
- CreatorDeclan CroghanOliver FramptonStarsHayley AtwellRichard CoyleJulian Lewis JonesA rookie cop is obsessed with tracking down the killer of a 15-year-old girl, who she hunts over the course of 28 years.
- CreatorJesse ArmstrongSam BainStarsBrit MarlingBertie CarvelPaterson JosephA look at the people in charge and on the front lines of a contemporary police force.
- StarsReece ShearsmithAlex KingstonAdjoa AndohA missing persons unit investigate serial killers who target the impressionable and vulnerable.
- StarsClaire GooseAlisha KellyFelix Scott25 years ago, Jane saw a man killing her mother. Today she's a well-adjusted wife and mother herself. While having a physical, she notices a doctor who looks like the killer and reports him. No one believes her--except one cop.
- StarsTrevor EveHermione NorrisImogen PootsSummoned by the police to the scene of a car crash,wealthy architect Peter Manson recalls events from months earlier.
- StarsMatthew McNultyMaxine PeakeJenna ColemanAn adaption of John Braine's novel.
- StarsJemima RooperMorven ChristieAlex KingstonAmanda, an ardent Jane Austen fan, lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael, until she finds she's swapped places with Austen's fictional creation Elizabeth Bennet.
- StarsReece ShearsmithKate FleetwoodJames LaurensonA three-part drama based on the crimes of convicted murderer Malcolm Webster.
- CreatorGwyneth HughesStarsMichael PalinMark AddyJodie ComerTom Parfitt fakes an injury in order to escape from his monotonous lifestyle and head to a care centre. However, upon his arrival, the staff experiences several strange instances, including a murder.
- CreatorTony GroundsStarsMichelle KeeganSean WardBen AldridgeDrama following the extraordinary adventures of female medics in the British Army.
- StarsJemma RedgraveJohn HannahAce BhattiBrian Wicklow is jailed after a killing spree so macabre that he has become one of Britain's most notorious murderers. Vilified by the popular press and despised by fellow inmates, his notoriety is compounded by the fact that detectives, including Jake Osbourne, investigating his crimes have never found the body of his last victim. However no one is safe with Wicklow behind bars.
- StarsKatie LeungMardy MaElizabeth PerkinsA young adopted British woman (Katie Leung) travels to China to meet her birth family for the first time in 21 years. What should be a warm reunion quickly turns into a race against death.
- StarsAlex KingstonSian ReevesChristine BottomleyFour recently paroled female (English) thieves pull an elaborate stunt to steal a fortune in cash and get a crime boss arrested for it. They plan to escape to Barbados with the loot, but mess up. They hide for a while in Scottish town Hope Springs, where they pretend to take over the run-down hotel as a cover. They soon lose the fortune in a fire, so they must stay and make the hotel work, but get caught up in local crime mysteries too.
- CreatorDan FogelmanStarsJoshua SasseTimothy OmundsonVinnie JonesA musical comedy adventure featuring a knight on a quest for love who helps a childish king to see the error of his ways.
- CreatorSteve DelaneyStarsSteve DelaneyRory KinnearZahra AhmadiDelusional show business character Count Arthur Strong, a pompous, out-of-work actor from Doncaster, attempts to recount his life story with the help of the scholarly son of his former comedy partner.
- StarsHolly AirdAdam KotzJo WoodcockTwo familys' lives are turned upside down when a mother recognises her daughter, Alice, who was kidnapped from a beach over 10 years earlier, and who was generally assumed to have drowned.
- StarsRichard ArmitageJulian GloverWill Keen"Three hour mini-series tells the intimate history of a most illustrious brotherhood of Impressionist artists - Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Manet. Entirely based on documentary evidence, special effects transport the viewer inside some of the world's best-loved paintings, The Impressionists will recreate the illuminated landscapes, and haunting portraits of late 19th-century France."
- CreatorRamón CamposCristóbal GarridoGema R. NeiraStarsNatalia TenaDavid LeonDafne KeenFollows the Cruz family during the largest exodus in the history of mankind and their encounter with Alex, another refugee who will not hesitate to break the rules to fulfill his purpose.
- StarsJamie DornanJeremy NorthamJoe DempsieThe 1680s bring a new King, Restoration, and more tyranny. In Massachusetts, a robber's son falls for an anti-monarchist. In England, a young lady falls for an outlaw.
- StarsToby JonesVicky McClureCharlie HamblettVerloc, the owner of a seedy shop in Victorian Soho, plays a dangerous game spying on an agitating anarchist group that will prove useful to the foreign power he is secretly working for.
- DirectorRichard EyreStarsAnthony HopkinsIan McKellenEmily WatsonA drama, based on a successful play, about an aging actor (Sir Anthony Hopkins) and his personal assistant (Sir Ian McKellen).
- StarsJoanne FroggattAlun ArmstrongIsla McMonigleA two-part drama about the Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton.
- StarsZawe AshtonAnastasia HilleTom Weston-JonesKatherine is a civil servant working on strategies to help immigrants. When public sector cuts force her to move from London to a satellite office in Northampton, she soon finds that she too feels like a stranger in a strange land.
- CreatorTony JordanRichard LazarusJames PayneStarsGina McKeeShelley ConnWarren BrownBy Any Means follows a clandestine unit living on the edge and playing the criminal elite at their own game, existing in the grey area between the letter of the law and true justice.
- StarsDamian LewisSophia MylesTom HardyWhile WWII Allied officer Jack Rose is held prisoner in Germany's notorious Colditz Castle, he recruits a band of fellow escape artists in the ultimate break-out only to discover that the greatest betrayal awaits him on safe ground.
- StarsRobson GreenMark LetherenEmma HandyA psychologist gets inside of the minds of both killers and victims to aid the police in solving gruesome serial killings in Northern England.
- CreatorChris HaddockStarsNicholas CampbellDonnelly RhodesVenus TerzoA Vancouver cop turned coroner searches for truth and justice with the help of his friends.
- CreatorAllan CubittStarsGillian AndersonJamie DornanJohn LynchA seemingly cold but very passionate policewoman goes head to head with a seemingly passionate father who is in fact a cold serial killer in this procedural out of Belfast. The only thing they share is their common complexity.
- StarsCarla SánchezHayley AtwellKerry FoxFalcón is a brilliant detective whose personal and professional life is compromised by dark secrets from the past.
- StarsSheridan SmithDaniel MaysCaroline GoodallThe true story of Charmian Brent (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
- CreatorHenning MankellStarsKrister HenrikssonFredrik GunnarssonMats BergmanA Swedish cop in a small town by the Baltic coast.
- StarsKenneth BranaghRichard McCabeJeany SparkUnable to unsee the dark crimes he's tasked to investigate, Wallander's job comes at a cost to his family and relationships.
- CreatorAnthony HorowitzStarsMichael KitchenHoneysuckle WeeksAnthony HowellAs WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.
- CreatorMåns MårlindHans RosenfeldtBjörn SteinStarsSofia HelinRafael PetterssonSarah BobergWhen a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
- CreatorNeil CrossStarsIdris ElbaDermot CrowleyMichael SmileyJohn Luther is a brilliant homicide detective with a knack for getting inside the minds of murderers. Unfortunately, his unconventional methods and personal demons put him at odds with his team.
- CreatorPeter FlanneryStarsMartin ShawLee InglebySimon HubbardWith the help of DS John Bacchus, Inspector George Gently spends his days bringing to justice members of the criminal underworld who are unfortunate enough to have the intrepid investigator assigned to their cases.
- CreatorKim CoghillAndrew De AngelisJeff DetskyStarsTatiana MaslanyDylan BruceJordan GavarisA streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsCillian MurphyPaul AndersonSophie RundleA gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
- CreatorFrank SpotnitzStarsMelissa GeorgeAdam RaynerPatrick MalahideMeet Sam. A spy. A hunter. And herself hunted by an enemy more ruthless and determined than any she's ever known.
- CreatorDavid WolstencroftStarsPeter FirthHugh SimonNicola WalkerThe missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.
- CreatorAbi MorganStarsRomola GaraiBen WhishawDominic WestA behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.
- StarsMaggie GyllenhaalStephen ReaLubna AzabalCenters on Nessa Stein, a woman who inherits her father's arms business and finds herself in an international maelstrom as she continues to promote the reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
- CreatorDeclan CroghanStarsTara FitzgeraldKeith AllenWunmi MosakuA British police procedural, which follows the team from a forensic pathology facility that conducts scientific research to help solve crimes.
- StarsBilly MatthewsDon GiletBen HullThis four-part series tells the interlocking stories of a killing set on a housing estate in London.
- CreatorAlexandra ClertGuy-Patrick SainderichinStarsCaroline ProustAudrey FleurotThierry GodardFollows criminal investigations in Paris from all the different points of view of those involved.
- StarsAnna FrielMarc WarrenBarnaby KayEllie's beloved husband is killed in a car accident. A woman was in the car with him and killed too. Who was she? Was he having an affair? Was it an accident?
- CreatorJed MercurioStarsMartin CompstonVicky McClureAdrian DunbarDrama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.
- StarsRachael StirlingJulie GrahamSophie RundleIn 1952, four women who worked at the wartime code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, reunite to track down a serial killer.
- StarsGabriel ByrneRalph InesonCharles DanceSecret State explores the relationship between a democratically elected government, big business and the banks.
- CreatorJosh AppelbaumAndré NemecScott RosenbergStarsJason O'MaraMichael ImperioliGretchen MolA present day car accident mysteriously sends a detective back to the 1970s.
- StarsOscar KightleySam NeillHunter KamuhemuGritty and suspenseful, this award-winning drama probes the narcotics underworld of New Zealand's largest city and the toll it takes on those caught in its grip.
- StarsAlexander ArnoldDavid BamberClaudie BlakleyA young couple move into an apartment only to find the body of a young woman that had been missing for 2 years but never registered as missing which leads to a deeper investigation into what actually happened.
- StarsGabriel ByrneBrian GleesonNick DunningA chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue investigates sudden death victims in the 1950s.
- StarsChiwetel EjioforChristopher EcclestonKierston WareingChristopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in this intricate conspiracy thriller set in a world of blurred morality, inhabited by conflicted characters on both sides of the law.
- StarsNathaniel ParkerSharon SmallLesley VickerageBritish crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers.